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RECREATION
Definition of RECREATION
noun
Any activity, such as play, that amuses, diverts or stimulates.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Middle English recreacion, from Middle French recreacion, from Old French recreacion, from Latin recreātiō.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
4 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
1st
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
30.7%
of traced words share this origin (25,664)
branch · 30.7% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, RECREATION · 2 relatives in the game
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
RECREATION in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 154, 21 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 15 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 154, 21 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
RECREATION starts with R and ends with N. Sorted, its letters read ACEEINORRT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. R and E appear more than once.
Words that start RECREA
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found RECREATION?
OUTLIER is a daily word game. One grid, the same grid for everybody, and the words nobody else spots are the ones that pay. This word was on Day 154 - and most players walked straight past it.
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